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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 26, 1906. 



The Yachting Monthly. 
WE have received from the publishers of the 
London Field (Windsor House, Breams Build- 
ing, London, E. C.) the first number of their new 
monthly. As is well known, the Field contains 
a weekly report of the happenings in the world 
of yachting, more especially in England. The es- 
tablisment of this new monthly points unmistak- 
ably to the fact that the ground covered by the 
Field was not broad enough for a sport whose 
growth of Jate years has been great. In the 
Yachting Monthly the following subjects are 
dealt with: Designing, Building, Engineering 
and Marine Motoring, Cruising, Racing, Canoe- 
ing, Sailing and Navigation, and the reading mat- 
ter is supplemented with a profusion of engrav- 
ings from photographs, sketches and drawings. 
A combination such as the Field is undertaking 
in conjunction with their weekly is deserving of 
praise, and it will give the yachtsmen a wider 
and more interesting view of the sport. 
Nol €- A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division—5108, A. F. Dempewolff, 
New York city; 5100, H. W. Dempewolff, New 
New York city. 
York city; 5110, William Barr, 
Eastern Division.—5111, Henry M. Shreve, 
Boston, Mass. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division—E, A. Barkman, New York 
sity, by J. K. Hand. ; 
: Western Division—A. Jennings, Grand Rap- 
ids. Mich., by W. H. Yardley. 


Joseph Jefferson on the Actor’s Fame. 
THERE was a long chat at luncheon, at Roches- 
ter, over various matters concerning the stage, 
writes Francis Wilson in the March Scribner. 
Jefferson said he knew of literary men who were 
envious of the actor’s present popularity. “It 1s 
absurd,” he declared, “for if the actor does not 
‘vet his credit here, where will he get it?) The 
‘Old Fellow’ [his customary way of alluding to 
Shakespeare] expressed it when he Said, ‘lhe 
poor player that struts and frets his. hour on the 
stage and then is heard no more. Yes, sir, there 
is nothing so useless as a dead actor. Who speaks 
now of Gus Adams, a contemporary of Forrest? 
An actor with genius—and with art to back it up 
—who played the Romans—Brutus, Lear, better, 
I think, than Forrest. Yet he is not even now a 
tradition, Look at Burton, the finest low come- 
dian of his time—who lives only in the memory 
of those who saw him act, but who 1s as dead as 
dead can be in the memory of the sons whose 
fathers saw him play. People speak of Better- 
ton, Garrick, Kean and Mrs. Siddons, and they 
mark milestones in the dramatic pathway, for 
they lived at a time when literary men wrote 
sympathetically of the stage, and so their mem- 
ories are kept alive; but whom else do people 
speak of?” ; 
“Don’t you think Edwin Booth will be more 
than a tradition?” I ventured. ; : 
“Probably—he founded a great club, which will 
serve to keep his memory alive.” 
“Certainly the public will remember Joseph 
Jefferson,” some one said. 
“Don’t you believe it!” replied Jefferson. Then, 
after a thoughtful silence, he aded: “Well, yes, 
perhaps because of my book, which will serve to 
rescue me from total oblivion. Irving will be re- 
membered because he was knighted, Booth for 
the reason I have stated, Mary Anderson because 
of her book, and I, perhaps, because of mine. No, 
believe me, the painter, the sculptor, the author, 
all live in their works after death, but there is 
nothing so useless as a dead actor! Acting is a 
tradition. Actors must have their reward “ow, 
in the applause of the public, or never. If their 
names live, it will be because of some extraneous 
circumstances.” 
A certain high school teacher amused his students the 
other day during a lecture on chemistry by relating a 
story about an old German professor who, in narrating 
the fact that cyanide of potassium was a very deadly 
poison, went so far as to say that ‘‘one drop of this 
stuff placed on the tongue of a rabbit would kill the 
strongest man!” 
Trapshooting. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send @ notice like the following: 

Fixtures.’ 
May 24-25.—Wilson, N. C.—North Carolina Trapshcot- 
ers’ Association, Sec’y 
May 24.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. Cy 
May 24-25.—Owensboro, Ky.—Kentucky Trapshooters’ 
League fourth annual target tournament, under aus- 
pices of Davies County G. C. James Lewis, Sec’y, 
Owensboro, Ky.; F. Pragoff, Sec’y Ky. T. SaL, 
May 24-25.—Montreal, Can.—Canadian Indians’ first annual 
tournament. Thomas A, Duff, High Scribe. 
shee 24-25,—Ebensburg (Pa.) G. C. W. R. Thompson, 
ec’y. 
May 24-26.—Spokane, Wash.—Washington State Sports- 
men’s Association tournament. G. C. Beck, Mgr. 
May “5.—Morgantown, W. Va.—Monongahela Valley 
Sportsman’s League of West Virginia, under the 
auspices of the Recreation R. and G. C. Elmer F. 
Jacobs, Sec’y. 
May 29-30.—Pittsfield, Mass.—Oak Hill G. C. J. Ranse- 
housen, Sec’y. 
May 29-30.—Rochester G. C. 
May 29-30.—Grand Rapids, Mich.—Michigan State Trap- 
shooters’ League shoot, under auspices of Consoli- 
dated Sportsmen’s Association. 
May 30.—Mechanicsville (N.Y.) Game Protective Associa- 
x ees peeear eerie wears G. Singerland, Sec’y. 
ay 30.—Ossining “SYS . C. merchandise shoot. 
C. G. Blandford, Capt. rete? 
May 30.—Englewood, N. J.—Pleasure G. C. Decoration 
Day shoot. C. J. Westervelt, Sec’y. 
May 30.—McKeesport, Pa.—Enterprise G. C. tournament. 
eo. W. Mains, Sec’y. 
May 30.—Lawrence, Mass., G. C., third annual Memorial 
Day tournament. R. B. Parkhurst, Sec’y. 
May 30.—Rahway (N. J.) G. C: W.:P. Phillips, Sec’y. 
May 30.—Washington, D. C.—Analostan G. C. Miles 
Taylor, Sec’y. 
ii emeed Ure tes a (Del.) G. C. shoot. T. M. Burnett, 
Sec’y. 
May 30.—North Caldwell (N. J.) G. C. shoot, 
May 30.—Sheepshead Bay (L. I) G. C. all-day shoot and 
amateur championship contest. 
May 30.—Utica, N. Y.—O. C. S. A. G. C. Decoration 
Day shoot. 
May _ 30.—Newport, R. I.—Aquidneck G. 
Chas. M. Hughes, Sec’y, 8 Ayrault St. 
May 30-31.—Monte Ne, Ark., target tournament. 
June 1-3.—St. Louis, Mo.—Rawlins semi-annual tourna- 
ment No. 3. A. D. Mermod, Mer. 
June 2.—Lowell, (Mass.) Rod and G. C. prize shoot. 
E. J. Burns,» Sec'y. 
June 5.—Fairmont, W. Va.—Monongahela Valley Sports- 
man’s League of West Virginia, under auspices of 
Fairmont G. C. Ed H. Taylor, Sec’y. 
June 5-7.—Lincoln, Neb.—Nebraska State Sportsman’s 
Association’s thirtieth annual tournament. Geo, L 
Carter, Pres. 
June 5-7.—Newark, N. J.—New Jersey State Sportsmen’s 
Association tournament. R. Hobart, Sec’y. 
June 5-8.—Dayton, O.—Ohio Trapshooters’ League twen- 
tieth annual tournament. Added money $600. C. C. 
Rayburn, Pres. 
June 7.—Ol!ney, Ill.—Hustlers’ G.C. D. P. Moore, Chmn. 
June 8.—Catskill (N. Y.) G. C. Spring tournament. 
Seth T. Ccle, Sec’y. 
June 8-9.—Wahoo, Neb., G. C., Spring shoot. 
Goucher, Sec’y. 
*June 7.—Irwin (Pa.) Rod and Gun Club. 
Dean 12.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. H. W. Dreyer, 
ec’y. 
June 12-14.—Fairmont, W. Va.—Tenth annual tournament 
of the West Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association, 
under the auspices of Fairmont Gun Club; $1,000 
added to purses. E. H. Taylor, Mgr.; Ed. O. Bower, 
Sec’y-Treas. 
June 12-15.—Warm Springs (Ga.) G. C. tournament. 
June 12-15.—Baltimore, Md.—Maryland County _ shoot. 
J. Mowell Hawkins, Mgr.. 1630 John St., Baltimore. 
June 12-16.—Buffalo, N. Y.-New York State Sportsman’s 
Association (C. G. Blandford, Sec’y, Ossining) forty- 
eighth annual tournament, under-the auspices of the 
Infallible Gun Club. Dr. E, J. McLeod. Sec’y. 
June 13-14,.—Wellington.—Boston (Mass.) G. C. annual 
invitation team match. H. C. Kirkwood, Sec’y, 23 
Elm St., Boston. 
June 13-14.—Fargo, N. D.—North Dakota State Sports- 
men’s Association’s twelfth annual tournament. 
Robbins & Bailey, Mgrs. 
June 19-22.—Indianapolis, Ind.—The Interstate Associa- 
tion’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; 
$1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Megr., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
June 21.—Plainfield (N. J.) G. C. silver shoot. H. P. 
Vosseler, Sec’y. 
June 26-27.—Bradford (Pa.) G. C. tournament; $500 added. 
Joseph Le Compte, Sec’y. 
Tune 28.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. C. 
*June 30.—Sewickley, Pa.—Sewickley Valley Gun Club. 
July 2, Dominion Day.—Sherbrooke, P. Q., annual tour- 
nament. C. H. Foss, Sec’y. 
C. tournament. 
(Gee 
- July 2-3.—Stratford, Ont.—Pastime G. C. tournament. A. 
W. Fisher, Sec’y for Com 
July 3-5.—Shreveport, La.—Caddo G. C. 
Cash and prizes, $1,000. J. J. Broadfield. 
July 4.—Utica, N. Y.—Riverside G. C. all-day tourna- 
ment. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. 
July 4.—Edgewater, N. J —Palisade G. C. 
July 4.—Richmond, Va., G. C. J. A. Anderson, Sec’y. 
July 10-11.—Carthage, Mo.—The Missouri and Kansas 
League of Trapshooters’ tournament. 
*July i1.—Monongahela, Pa.—Monongahela City: G. C. 
July 17-19.—Philadelphia, . Pa,—The Interstate Associa- 
tournament. 
tion’s Eastern Handicap tournament, under the aus- 
pices of the Florists’ Gun Club; $1,000 added money. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
*July 25.—Scottdale (Pa.) Gun Club. 
July 25.—Consolidated Gun Club Association of Connec- 
ticut tournament. 
J.—Palisade G.C. A.A. 
July 26.—Edgewater, N. 
Schoverling, Sec’y. 
Aug. 8-10.—Hamilton, Ont.—Dominion of Canada Trap- 
shooting Association’s sixth annual tournament. W. 
P. Thompson, Sec’y-Treas. 
Aug. 7-10.—Parkersburg, W. Va.—Indian annual pow- 
wow and tournament; added money, $1,000. Address 
Mallory Brothers. 
*Aug. 8—McKeesport, Pa.—Enterprise Gun Club. 
Aug. 13-17.—Kansas City, Mo.—Missouri State Game and 
Fish Protective Association twenty-ninth annual tour- 
nament. R. S. Elliott, Sec’y. : 
Aug. 21-23.—Denver, Colo.—The Interstate Association’s 
Western Handicap tournament, under the* auspices 
of the Denver Trap Club; $3,000 added money. Elmer 
E. Shaner, Sec’y-Megr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
*Aug. 23—Ambridge (Pa.) Gun Club. 
*Sept. 5—Brownsville (Pa.) Rod and Gun Club. 
Sept. 7-9—San Francisco, Cal.—The Interstate Asso- 
ciation’s Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, under 
the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting 
Association; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, 
Sec’y-Mer, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Sept. 11-12—Scammon, Kans.—The Missouri and Kansas 
League of Trapshooters’ tournament. Dr. C. B. 
Clapp, Sec’y, Moberly, Mo. ‘ 
Sept. 13.—Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut. Dr. 
D. C. Y. Moore, Sec’y, South Manchester. 
Sept. 13-14.—Columbus (O.) G. C. fall tournament. Fred 
Shattuck, Sec’y. ; 
*Sept. 19.—Pittsburg.—Greater Pittsburg Gun Club. 
sOct. 2-4.-—Des Moines, Ia.—Hopkins Brothers’ shoot. E. 
N. Hopkins, Mgr. 
*Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters’ League. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Hopkins Brothers, of Des Moines, Ia., announce that 
they will hold a big shoot on Oct, 2-4. 
t 4 
Secretary A. A. Schoverling writes us that the Palisade 
Gun Club, of Edgewater, N. J., will not hold a shoot on 
R 
The Plattsburg, N. Y., Gun Club has arranged to hold 
a tournament on May 28. Several of the expert pro- 
fessionals are booked to attend. 
td 
Because of the large space occupied by large tournament 
reports in our trap columns this week, a number of 
club reports are necessarily and regretfully held over for 
our next issue. 


. Decoration Day. 
“ ® 
The North Caldwell, N. J., Gun Club announces a half- 
holiday sheot, to be held on Decoration Day. Competi- 
tion will commence at 9 o’clock, and prizes will be of- 
fered in each event. 
bod 
The Sheepshead Bay, L. I., Gun Club will hold an all- 
day shoot on May 30, commencing at 10 o’clock. A 
special 100-target event will be held for the amateur 
championship of Long Island. 
R 
The Wilmington, Del., Rod and Gun Club have an- 
nounced a programme of nine events for their Decoration 
Day shoot. Class shooting, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. High 
average moneys, $5, $3, and $2. Shooting will commence 
at 11:30. Mr. T. M. Burnett is the Secretary. 
¥. 
By circular letter, Messrs. Schoverling Bros. announce 
that they are successors to Schoverling & Welles, at 6 
Reade street, New York, having purchased all interests. 
cf Mr. Henry S. Welles in the co-partnership of Schover- 
ling & Welles. Schoverling Brothers will continue busi- 
ness at the above address, and solicit a continuance of 
patronage end good will of their friends and customers. 
R ; 
In the contest for the English Hotel cup, at Indian- 
apolis, May 19, Dr. O. F. Brittan defeated Mr. Milo 
Hershey, the scores being 74 to 73. The winner was 
challenged by Mr. Gregory, of Zionsville, Ind., and May 
26 was fixed upon as the date of contest. 
4 
The programme of the seventh annual team shoot of 
the Boston Gun Club, to be held at Wellington, Mass., 
June 13 and 14, can be obtained of Secretary H. C. 
Kirkwood, 23 Elm street, Boston. Eight events at 15 and 
two at 20 targets constitute the programme of the first 
day. Events 8 and 9, 30 targets, are the five-man team 
match. On the second day, the programme provides five 
at 15 and five at 20 targets. Events 6-10, total 100 targets,,. 
constitute the Interstate five-man team match. Ship guns 
and shells to Kirkwood Brothers, 23 Elm street, in time 
to arrive before June 11. 
